Rene Moawad

Rene Moawad (17 April 1925-22 November 1989) was President of Lebanon from 5 to 22 November 1989, succeeding Amine Gemayel and preceding Elias Hrawi.

Biography
Rene Moawad was born on 17 April 1925 in Zgharta, Lebanon to a family of Catholic Maronites, and he was a lawyer under former Primne Minister Abdallah el-Yafi's law firm. In 1957, in alliance with the Frangieh clan, he won a seat in the Lebanese Parliament, and he was reelected several times until 1976. Moawad was a supported of Fuad Chehab during the Lebanese Civil War, and he held some government positions under Chehab and the other presidents during the civil war. On 5 November 1989, he was elected President of Lebanon, but on 22 November a car bomb was detonated next to his motorcade in West Beirut, killing him and 23 others.